Because 1999, Nissan was part of their Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance, a partnership involving Nissan of Japan, Mitsubishi Motors of Japan and Renault of France. At the time of 2013, Renault maintains a 43.4[%%|percent%] voting stake in Nissan, although Nissan holds a [%15%|15 percent%] nonvoting bet in Renault. By 2009 to 2017 Carlos Ghosn served as CEO of the two the companies. In February 2017 Ghosn declared he would resign as CEO of Nissan on 1 April 2017, whilst remaining chairman of the business.

Back in 2013, Nissan was the sixth Biggest automaker in the Earth, following Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai Motor Team, along with Ford. Taken together, the Renault–Nissan Alliance are the entire world’s fourth biggest automaker. Nissan is the Top Western brand in China, Russia and Mexico.

In 2014 Nissan was the most significant car producer in North America.

Nissan could be the planet’s biggest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing company, with global revenue of more than 320,000 all-electric vehicles at April 2018. The top-selling car or truck of the carmaker’s line up would be the Nissan LEAF, an all-electric car along with the planet’s high-value highway-capable plug-in electric vehicle ever sold.